Re: Central Station

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Peter Degotardi wrote:

> Yesterdays 17:16 from Town Hall...
> The indicator board showed that it was going to Penrith *and* Hornsby.

Finger Trouble.

> The destination on the lead car said Dapto.

Defective Train.   One of a very limited number of tangaras that you can
actually read the indicator, and it doesn't work!

> And just to make sure everyone was really confused, that train is usually
> one of the older type (ie Silver non-Tangara - pardon me if I don't know
> specifics), but what turned up was an inter-urban tangara,

Are you sure?  The defective tangara that says "Dapto" is a standard tangara,
not an inter-urban one.

> <slight topic change>
> I wish the 17:18 to Richmond was newer rolling stock, we've been
> lucky this week in actually having air-conditioning!!
> Why does the Sydney-Central coast run which takes about an hour-ten
> get inter-urbans, but the Sydney-Richmond which takes longer doesn't?

CCC


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